[TYPO3-hci] Typoscript "Code-Editor"

[David Toshack]

Ernesto Baschny [cron IT] wrote:
> Bernhard Kraft schrieb am 19.07.2006 11:05:
> 
>>> I think this is what the "CONSTANT EDITOR" is about. In my opinion, this
>>> is what has to be considered in its usability: Adding more possibilities
>>> and flexibility to the constant editor and integrating extensions like
>>> constant_editor (to allow non-admin access to certain properties).
>> Pherhpas it would be enough to add "Tabs" to the constant editor in addition
>> to let the user select which extension he wants to configure.
>>
>> the constants get read out of ext_typoscript_constants.php and we would just
>> have to add another "key" for setting the tab they appear in.
> 
> I think its not just a matter of having tabs (which I think would help
> already!). Other things that pop into my mind:
> 
> - have a page-browser for selecting page-ids when the property expects a
> page-id
> - have a file-browser to choose a file from fileadmin for properties of
> the type "file" (you currently can only upload a "new" file, which is
> kind of ugly!)
> - more flexible "categories" to group related properties
> - some kind of standardized (and documented!) way to configure global
> stuff that every extension might need to access
> 
> I've added those stuff in the wiki [1] so that they get not lost.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ernesto
> 
> [1]
> http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/Usability_No-brainers#Configuration_.28developers.29

Benhard & Ernesto; I like the way you think. Count me as a +1!


Cheers,
David